Could the rings have been tightened down too much??? Wouldn't be the first time someone overtightened rings and blamed the scope for it. It functioning properly.
22 ft pounds....Maybe it was the scope. Just the scope and nothing more than the scope. Rally around that idea. 😎
I'm no Leupold fan, but that could be a contributing factor!
Rings were steel PRW’s, screws could still be “easily” turned with small Allen Wrench by hand tighter. Neighbor thought farmer tight would be preferred, not on these rings... After some Googlefu found a Leupold spec for PRW’s at 22lbs. 😎
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